Western to World: Seaboard's Golden Sixties

RStretton

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Western to World: Seaboard's Golden Sixties

02-27-2018, 02:11 AM

During the 1960s if you wanted freight across the Atlantic the number 1 name in the business was Seaboard World. Last year's release of one of their DC-8s gives me the chance to take a look at this major cargo line during its heyday:

Western to World: Seaboard’s Golden Sixties - YESTERDAY'S AIRLINES

https://www.yesterdaysairlines.com/airline-history-blog/western-to-world-seaboards-golden-sixties

By 1960 Seaboard and Western had seen both the highs and lows. It had grown from a charter airline to the USA's selected scheduled freight airline across the Atlantic, a market that it dominated. Unfortunately however it was also in a perilous financial state. Fortunately under new leadership the 1960s would prove to be a

Seaboard World Jet Freighters by rstretton, on Flickr

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